of brooklyn



H. P. IVIILKER.

SUPPORTING MEANS FOR THERMOMETERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3. 1919,

1 322,,9E35o Patented; Nov. 25, 1919;

7 ATTORNEYS- TEE STATES PATENT" @FFTQE HERBERT I. MILKER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CHARTiES J. TAGLIABUE MANUFACTURING 00., 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SUPPORTING MEANS FOR THERMOMETERS.

Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Supporting Means for Thermometers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to supporting means for thermometers and has for its object to provide a simple means arranged to be combined with a supporting element without the aid of any special tools and whereby the thermometer is eificiently maintained in the operative position. A further object of my invention is to provide a supporting means on which the thermometer may be adjusted, with a minimum of effort, to a position most favorable for easy reading. Other more specific objects of my invention will appear from the description hereinafter and the features of novelty will be pointed out in the appended claims. 7

For the purposes of illustrating and describing my invention have chosen a thermometer of the type commonly known as window thermometers, it being understood that this is only an example and that my invention is equally well adapted for supporting thermometers of other types. In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a thermometer operatively combined with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the illustrated example my invention comprises two members 5 and 6 formed at one end with transverse legs 7 and 8 respectively and having their other ends screw-threaded as at 9 or otherwise arranged for easy driving into a supporting element 10 which, with the type of ther mometer shown in the drawings, may be a window casing or the like. The transverse leg 8 of the member 6 is provided with a device 11, the periphery of which is divided into a plurality of duplicate sections 12 defining the outline of said device and functionin as positioning means as will be hereina er more fully pointed out. Thus the device 11 may be of hexagonal form as shown or of any other polygonal shape or it may be of any other conformation whereby the desired results are obtained. That portion of the leg 8 which I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NQV, 25, 1919, Application filed April 3, 1919. Serial Nb. 287,290.

projects beyond the device 11 is screwthreaded for the accommodation of a nut 13 of suitable dimensions to project somemember 5 bent at the desired angle to the main portion thereof. My invention further comprises brackets 14 and 15 each having two members extending at an angle to each other, one member of each bracket being provided with an opening for the accommodation of suitable fastening devices such as bolts or screws 16 whereby said brackets are fastened to the thermometer. The other members of the brackets 14 and 15 are provided respectively with apertures 17 and 18, the apertures 17 being arranged to fit over the leg of the member 5 and preferably, though not necessarily having an outline corresponding to the cross-sectional form of said leg 7. The aperture 18, on the other hand, is adapted to fit over the device 11 and has a periphery which may line of said device 11 as shown, by way of example, in Fig. 2, and in any case is of such conformation as to properly cooperate with said peripheral outline of the device 11 in the intended manner.

In utilizing my invention in connection with a thermometer of the type illustrated in the drawings, the brackets 14 and 15 are secured to a suitable part of the thermometer, as for instance the scale plate 19, by means of the screws, bolts or other fastening devices 16; in the preferred form the thermometer element 19 is recessed for the accommodation of one member of each bracket, which members are thus countersunk, as shown in Fig. 1. The bracket 14, in the illustrated example, is located near the top of the thermometer and the bracket 15 is positioned near the bottom thereof, the location of said brackets being dependent upon the type of thermometer and its operative position when in use. To complete the installation the members 5 and 6 are screwed or otherwise driven into a suitable portion of the window casing or other supmembers 5 and 6 the aperture 17 of the bracket 14 is preferably first fitted over the leg'7 after which the thermometer is moved transversely until the vbracket is in registry with the leg 8. ,The thermometer is then permitted to move downwardly and the aperture 18 is fitted over the device 11 so that the bracket 15 now rests upon the memher 6 while the bracket 14 is positioned upon the leg 7. After the aperture 18-is properly ing the danger of breaking the thermometer or any part thereof or of injuring any part of the supporting devices as is often the case 1n existing types.

My supporting means is elficient in operation and function, is economical and easy to produce and requires no special skill ininstalling in operative position. It further provides a supporting means for-the thermometer which is extremely rigid and whereby vibration of the thermometer in a wind is practically done away with.

Various changes 1' in the specific form in place upon the device 11, the nut 13 is \shown and described may be made within screwed home upon theleg 8 and thus locks the bracket 15 against removal from the leg- 8 and'thereby locks the thermometer in osition upon the members 5 and 6. The

atter, in cooperation with the brackets 14' and 15 thuscomprise supporting 'means whereby the thermometer is efliciently supported in operative position;

By fitting the aperture 18 over the device 11 in varied relation thereto, the position or angle of the thermometer may be adjusted as.

' shown by dotted positions in Fig. 2 to bring it into a position most favorable for reading the temperature. Any desired change in the position of the thermometer may beeflt'ected by simply removing the nut 13 or at least screwing it sufiiciently far outward upon the leg 8 to permitthe bracket 15 to be moved beyond the device 11, then adjusting the I thermometer to bring the aperture 18 into a different relation to the device 11 and then again fitting said aperture over said device, after which the nut 13 is again screwed home. It will be understood that the sections 12 of the device 11 and the corresponding portions of the aperture 18 or the equivalents of these elements, cooperate to fix the thermometer in any of its adjusted positions.

It will be further understood that the member 5 is so located with respect to the member 6 .and that the leg 7 is so dimensioned as to length, that the bracket 14 may move thereon a-distance sufiicient to permit the disengagement of the bracket 15 from the leg 8 and that said bracket 14 remains in engagement with the leg 7 when the bracket 15 rests upon the member 6. In other words the length of the leg 7 is greater than the range of movement required to completely disengage the bracket 15 from the leg 8 and to fit it in its final position over the device 11.

The members 5 and 6 are easily driven into the supporting element 10 without the aid of any special tools or implements and withoutdifficulty. Bending of any part of the supporting means to adjust the position of the thermometer is avoided thus obviatthermometer and arranged to be detachably connected with said devices whereby said thermometer is supported in operative'position, said thermometer being adjustable about said devices as centers, and a shoulder on one of said devices having its periphery divided into a plurality of sections, the one bracket having an aperture fitting over and shaped to cooperate with said shoulder whereby the position of said thermometer is adjustably fixed on saiddevices, said one bracket being capable of being disengaged from said shoulder, to change the adjustment, Without disengaging the other bracket from the other device.

2. The combination of a thermometer, a supporting member connected with a supporting element, a transverse leg at one end of said member, a bracket carried by said thermometer and having an aperture fitting over said leg, said bracket being engaged with and disengaged from said leg by a movement lengthwise thereof, a second supporting member connected with said supporting element, a screw-threaded transverse leg at one end of said second member projecting toward said first member, a shoulder on said second member having its periphery divided into a plurality of duplicate sections, a second bracket carried by said thermometer having an aperture fitting over and shaped to cooperate with said shoulder whereby the position of said thermometer is adjustably fixed on said members, said second bracket being capable of being disengaged from said shoulder, to change the adjustment, by a movement of less extent than the movement necessary to disengage the first bracket from the leg of said first member, and a nut on said screwthreaded leg whereby said secured bracket is locked against removal from said shoulder.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

HERBERT P. MILKER. 

